Why Do You Fear?

A. Unabashed Pacifist:

Governments might try to persuade us that going to war is in our interest. At best, the arguments are propaganda. In essence, they are lies. The maxim says the first casualty in war is truth. Other early casualties are journalists, artists and pacifists, because they tell the truth.

B. Unabashed Christian:

Holy One,
He said "Fear not."
You say "Fear not."
They say "Be very afraid."
The saying goes "Those who make you afraid control you."
He said "Love casts out all fear."
I like what you/He say.
Amen

C. Unquoting Jesus:

"Along came a Samaritan, who happened to be gay..."

[Very unlikely that He said it. But today??]

D. Blog: A Fable

"Through the Valley of the Shadow..."

In a forest there once lived four birds: a chicken, an
ostrich, an eagle and an owl. In this forest, it had always been
light. But one day the light began to recede. As the darkness
grew thicker, the birds were very frightened.

In their fear, each of them responded differently. The chicken
ran around as if its head had been cut off, seeming to go in every
direction at once in hopes of escaping the darkness. The ostrich buried its head in the ground, seeking thereby to find security from the darkness. The eagle flew off in pursuit of the fading light, thinking it could by virtue of its strength and speed elude the darkness.

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How should we end this little fable?

Perhaps: "And the owl simply perched on a branch, looking to the light beyond the darkness and calling, 'Who, who.'"

or: "When the second twilight began, the owl started to collect some twigs for a fire."

or: ??